Welcome to the world of Minecraft… Where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival!

Four misfits --- Garrett-Garbage Man-Garrison (Jason Momoa), Henry (Sebastian Hansen), Natalie (Emma Myers), and Dawn (Danielle Brooks) --- find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: - a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination.

IODS Presents... Annie

Based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, Annie has become a worldwide phenomenon and was the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The beloved book and score by Tony Award winners, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, features some of the greatest musical theatre hits ever written, including "Tomorrow."

With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage that is run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. With the help of the other girls in the Orphanage, Annie escapes to the wondrous world of NYC. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations... and even befriends President Franklin D. Roosevelt!

She finds a new home and family in billionaire, Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable dog named Sandy.

This amateur production of ANNIE is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International. All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.co.uk

Ticket Prices:

ADULT - £21.50

CHILD 16 & UNDER - £17.50

GROUP RATE - 4 Tickets - £78 - Four Tickets (must include atleast 1 child) Discount Code: SUNSHINE

All Ticket Prices are inclusive of the £1.50 levy.

Lovegrove Theatre

Redbridge Drama Centre

Churchfields

South Woodford

E18 2RB

Elder Faerie Queen Wiselda Presents...

Crooked Crowns and Queens

If you could wave your magic wand, certain that you could not fail… what’s the most important change you’d make in your world, right now? Today?

Elder Faerie Queen Wiselda invites you to an uplifting and exciting immersive event in International Women’s Week where we take steps to straighten our own and others’ crooked crowns.  

Encouraging Wise Older Women (Queen-agers) to pass on our crowns bejewelled with wisdom, expertise, gifts and talents, we’ll unleash our magic WOW factor to inspire, motivate and empower Women of The Future (WTFs!).  Discover how together we can improve equality for all Women and Girls to rise like a Phoenix from the Ashes.

‘The whole is so much greater than the sum of its parts.  Individually, we can do our own specialist part.  When we find our tribes and work together, we can create prosperity in our local and global communities.’ (www.stephaniebarrows.com / ‘The Wiselda Project’)

#IWD2026 #GiveToGain

VENUE: Redbridge Drama Centre, Churchfields, South Woodford, E18 2RB

Gigi Tonic Presents...

A Burlesque Workshop!

Following Gigi Tonic’s Big Squeeze Cabaret celebrating International Women’s Day, treat yourself (or someone else!) to putting some of that bold, unapologetic femme energy into practice for yourself. You’re invited to Gigi’s Introduction to Burlesque!

This one-off workshop is suitable for anyone curious about burlesque. You don’t need to have any specific experience or training to take part in this evening. This will be a fun exploration of how burlesque principles could positively affect you.

During the workshop, we will:

•        Explore what Burlesque is and why it’s so damn powerful

•        Explore your Burlesque alter-ego’s

•        Learn a Burlesque-inspired dance routine with a glove peel

•        Explore making things BIG and taking up space on the stage.

You will need to bring: Clothes and shoes you can move easily in and feel good in, water, and your badass attitude!  

Optional to bring: A notepad and pen, Low heels without platforms which you can move in, and a glass or two of bubbly.

This will be a light, relaxed evening with the option to have a drink with Gigi at the bar post-workshop to celebrate your work.

(Any questions about this event? Email Gigi at therealgigitonic@gmail.com)  

SPECIAL OFFER: Book Gigi Toni's Burlesque Show and Workshop for £25

Suitable for ages 18 years+

VENUE: Redbridge Drama Centre, Churchfields, South Woodford, E18 2RB

Gigi Tonic’s Big Squeeze: An International Women’s Day Burlesque Extravaganza!

Celebrate International Women’s Day with Gigi Tonic who is bringing London’s Top International and Award-Winning Showgirls to right to your doorstep!

For one night only, we invite you to sidle in, get close, and cosy up as Gigi guides you through a deliciously jam-packed evening of glamour, attitude and unapologetic power. Expect electric performances, seductive striptease and a whole lot of celebrating women - our bodies, our attitudes, our humour and our power. Dripping in rhinestones, and draped in fierce femme energy, Women’s Empowerment has never looked this good.

Get ready to feel the Squeeze!

SPECIAL OFFER: Book Gigi Toni's Burlesque Show and Workshop for £25

Suitable for ages 18 years+

(prices include £1.50 Theatre Maintenance Levy)

VENUE: Redbridge Drama Centre, Churchfields, South Woodford, E18 2RB

The Redbridge Creates Theatre Company presents...

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Performed at the Sir James Hawkey Hall

A collaboration between Redbridge Drama Centre and Redbridge Music Service

This much-loved show retells the biblical story of Joseph, a dreamer gifted with extraordinary visions and a spectacular coat of many colours. Favoured by his father but betrayed by his jealous brothers, Joseph’s journey takes him from hardship to triumph, proving that hope, kindness and perseverance can change any destiny.

Packed with iconic songs including Any Dream Will Do, Go, Go, Go Joseph and Close Every Door, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a joyous musical celebration for the whole family.

An Amateur production by arrangement with LW Entertainment Ltd

For ages 5+ years

Please note seating for this production is unallocated.

Gina Williams is desperate to be Gina again. But what does that mean when you have just become a mother and you can’t find yourself in it all?

Gina isn’t the only woman of colour in the UK with a traumatic birth experience, she also isn’t the only woman struggling to fit in with the expectations of what it is to be a mother, a career woman, a friend and a partner. Gina finds herself in an inescapable chasm.  But she is a woman determined to take up space for the first time and heal.

Ticket prices include £1.50 Theatre Maintenance Levy

Suitable for ages 16 years+

VENUE: Redbridge Drama Centre, Churchfields, South Woodford, E18 2RB

Redbridge Creates Presents... Roald's Dahl's Matilda The Musical JR

Book by Dennis Kelly

Music and Lyrics by Tim Minchin

Matilda has astonishing wit, intelligence... and special powers! She's unloved by her cruel parents but impresses her schoolteacher, the highly loveable Miss Honey. Matilda's school life isn't completely smooth sailing, however – the school's mean headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, hates children and just loves thinking up new punishments for those who don't abide by her rules. But Matilda has courage and cleverness in equal amounts, and could be the school pupils' saving grace!

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe)

All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe

www.mtishows.co.uk

(All ticket prices include £1.50 Theatre Maintenance Levy)

VENUE: Redbridge Drama Centre, Churchfields, South Woodford, E18 2RB

Explore the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride Lands as Disney presents Mufasa: The Lion King.

Follow Rafiki as he recounts the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara – daughter of Simba and Nala – with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick!

Told in FLASHBACKS: -

The story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, who is heir to a royal group of misfits searching for their destiny… their bonds tested as they work together to evade a threatening and deadly foe!

Theatretrain Waltham Forest Presents... presents

Shrek Jr

Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek.

One day, Shrek finds his swamp invaded by banished fairytale misfits who have been cast off by Lord Farquaad, a tiny terror with big ambitions. When Shrek sets off with a wisecracking donkey to confront Farquaad, he's handed a task – if he rescues feisty princess Fiona, his swamp will be righted. Shrek tries to win Fiona’s love and vanquish Lord Farquaad, but a fairytale wouldn't be complete without a few twists and turns along the way!

Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire

Music by Jeanine Tesori

Based on the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture and the Book by William Steig

Originally Produced on Broadway by DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe)

All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe www.mtishows.co.uk

Tickets

All tickets £13.50 (price includes £1.50 Theatre Restoration Levy)

Theatretrain Leigh-on-Sea Presents... Sister Act Jr

When disco diva, Deloris Van Cartier, witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the one place the cops are sure she won't be a found: a convent! Disguised as a nun, she finds herself at odds with both the rigid lifestyle and uptight Mother Superior. Using her unique disco moves and singing talent to inspire the choir, Deloris breathes new life into the church and community but, in doing so, blows her cover. Soon, the gang is giving chase, only to find them up against Deloris and the power of her newly found sisterhood.

Filled with powerful gospel music, outrageous dancing, and a truly moving story, Sister Act JR. will leave audiences breathless. A sparkling tribute to the universal power of friendship, Sister Act JR. is a reason to REJOICE!

Lovegrove Theatre

Redbridge Drama Centre

Churchfields

E18 2RB

One Tenth Human in association with The Dukes Lancaster present... So Unfair!

Welcome to our interactive science demo – with a twist! We need YOU to take on some big challenges – and help us save the day.

How can we make things more fair? And what could go wrong if we don’t?

Help Daniel Bye change the world, in an unexpectedly ridiculous adventure involving engineering challenges, bad dad jokes, and an extraordinary quantity of molten chocolate.

“Riveting, funny and thoughtful” The Guardian

“really great children’s theatre” Exeunt

A brand new show for 7-11 year olds and their grown-ups.

Created by Daniel Bye, Sarah Punshon, Toni-Dee Paul, and Matt Powell. Featuring engineers from across the UK Zooming in to help you save the day.

TEZ ILYAS: TEZ THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU

The grumpiest uncle in showbiz is back.

Fresh from travelling the world (and smashing it as a top husband and bunny-stepdad), the UK’s leading de-influencer returns with a brand-new stand-up show. Expect fresh jokes,

furious rants, and ridiculous stories — all delivered with Tez’s trademark smart, silly, and subversive humour.

Star of: Man Like Mobeen (BBC Three), Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), Fighting Talk (BBC Radio 5 Live) and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13 3⁄4.

Touring nationwide, Autumn 2026.

Book early. You’ll hate yourself if you miss it.

Presented by UTC Live

Age Guidance - 18 years +

Tickets - £21.50 (Includes £1.50 Theatre Restoration Levy)

Redbridge Drama Centre

Churchfields

South Woodford

E18 2RB

Redbridge Youth Theatre Workshop Presents...

The Glove Thief

The year is 1569, and in a cold, stone room in a Staffordshire castle, a group of women sew elaborate tapestries. Rich or poor, at home or held against their will, four women’s lives intersect on the point of a needle.

Embroidery is their escape, their sanity, and their expression: of love, loss, artistry and power. For these women’s stitches have the power to change not just their own lives, but the course of English history.

‘They did not understand, you see, that what is stitched with a needle is not always innocent… Needles are dangerous.’

(all ticket prices include £1.50 Theatre Maintenance Levy)

VENUE: Redbridge Drama Centre, Churchfields, South Woodford, E18 2RB

Buckle Up Theatre Presents... Tin Can

Galactic Bandits Lazzy and Kane are on the run. Low on fuel and supplies they'll have to navigate a volatile galaxy in search for a better life. But in a universe that pulses with hostility, how much will they have to sacrifice in order to survive? Will a series of heists and armed robberies help them defy the odds and bring the freedom they crave, or will it drive them deeper into danger and desperation?

Tin Can is an epic, sci-fi, action-packed comedy which explores isolation, identity, survival and companionship. Bursting with vibrant lighting, dynamic visuals, sharp wit, and immersive sound design, this play launches audiences into a universe teeming with energy, mystery, and heart-pounding adventure.

Buckle Up Theatre is an award-winning company dedicated to creating fresh, inventive performances with a unique blend of comedy and physical theatre.

Their previous production, 'Bump!', received widespread acclaim, with multiple five-star reviews and recognition. It won the 'People’s Choice Award' at AACT World Fest, along with 'Best Comedy Show' at The Greater Manchester Fringe.

www.buckleuptheatre.co.uk

VENUE: Redbridge Drama Centre, Churchfields, South Woodford, E18 2RB